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Defects and Doubts that Occur in the Salat

Defects and Doubts that Occur in the Salat

Chapter 1

قال الصادق عليه السلام: ليس في الركعتين الأولتين من الصلاة سهو.

as-Sadiq عليه السلام said: There is no sahw in the first two rak`at of the salat.

Translator’s note: sahw (an instance of forgetfulness, inattention) is used as technical term for a doubt occurring in the salat, e.g. how many rak`at one has performed, so will be left untranslated as terminology.

as-Sadiq عليه السلام was asked about a man who prayed maghrib, and did taslim in two rak`at, then he remembered and so prayed (another) rak`a, does he repeat? He said: Only he who did not know what he prayed repeats.

as-Sadiq عليه السلام said to a man: I shall bring together all sahw for you in two expressions. When you doubt then go by the most, and when you have done taslim then complete what you thought you had decreased.

وقال عليه السلام: إذ شككت فابن على اليقين، فقيل له: هذا أصل؟ قال نعم.

And he عليه السلام said: When you doubt then build upon certainty. So it was said to him: This is a principle? He said: Yes.

And he عليه السلام said: When you doubt then build upon the most. So when you have finished and done taslim, then complete what you thought you had decreased. So if you had completed, there was nothing upon you in this, and if you remember that you had decreased, what you prayed was the completion of your salat.

Chapter 5

قال الصادق عليه السلام: إذا شككت في شئ ودخلت في غيره فليس شكك بشئ.

as-Sadiq عليه السلام said: When you doubt in something and you have entered into something else, then your doubt is nothing.

وقال الباقر عليه السلام: كل شئ شككت فيه مما قد مضى فامضه كما هو.

And al-Baqir عليه السلام said: Everything in which you doubt of whatever has passed, then go past it as it is.

as-Sadiq عليه السلام said: Someone who guards his sahw and completes it, then there is no two sajda of sahw upon him. Sahw is only upon someone who did not know whether he increased in his salat or whether he decreased from it.